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1 hr ago | WXOW

Patrol: 1 in serious condition after bus crash

Authorities say one passenger is hospitalized in serious condition after a tour bus crash in southern Minnesota killed two people and injured 20.

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5 hrs ago | ClipSyndicate

Tour Bus Crashes Off Minn. Interstate, Killing 2

A tour bus returning from an Iowa casino ran off a southern Minnesota interstate and rolled over in a ditch Wednesday, killing two people and injuring 21, authorities said.

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Related Topix: Minnesota Government, Video

9 hrs ago | TwinCities.com

Minnesota / Property tax forecast: up, but not as much

Property taxes would increase an average of 3.5 percent across Minnesota next year if local governments adopt their proposed levies, the state Revenue Department announced Thursday.

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Related Topix: Minnesota Government, Opinion

14 hrs ago | KEYC Television, Mankato, MN - The On...

Body Of Minnesota Pilot Recovered

The body of a pilot has been recovered from the wreckage of his small plane in Clearwater County.32 year- old Andrew Lindberg was found Wednesday with his Piper Cherokee in a remote, wooded area on the White Earth Indian Reservation near Mahnomen.Lindberg was a new pilot who was flying from Lakeville to Hallock Friday night to go deer hunting with ...

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Thu Nov 19, 2009

Startribune.com

Survey says: Minnesotans to spend less this Christmas

Julie Edvalson relaxed Wednesday morning as she watched her 3 year old rip through the play area outside the Lego store at the Mall of America.

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KSTP-TV Minneapolis

Site Shows Stimulus Spent in Phantom Districts

A web site created to track stimulus spending shows money was spent to create jobs in places that don't exist.

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Related Topix: Minnesota Government

HometownSource

Outbreaks of flu-like illness decreases in Minnesota schools

"I am optimistic that we are on the downswing of our second wave," said Dr. Ruth Lynfield, state epidemiologist.

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Related Topix: Minnesota Government, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Epidemiology, Medicine

The Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press

Minn. officials to give update on unemployment rate

Minnesota has had three straight months with a falling unemployment rate. Officials prepared to say today if the streak would go on.

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Related Topix: Minnesota Government

ClipSyndicate

2 Dead in Minn. Tour Bus Crash

A tour bus returning from a casino ran off a southern Minnesota interstate and rolled over in a ditch Wednesday, killing two people and injuring 21, authorities said.

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Related Topix: Minnesota Government, Video

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Post-Bulletin

5 new H1N1 flu deaths in Minn.; outbreak wanes

Minnesota health officials reported five new deaths from H1N1 flu Wednesday as the second wave of the pandemic wanes.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Minnesota Government, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Medicine, Influenza

KHWB-TV Houston

Tour bus rolls over off southern Minnesota interstate, killing 2 and injuring 21

Rescuers work at the scene of a bus accident Wednesday afternoon Nov. 18, 2009 in Freeborn County on Interstate 90 west of Austin, Minn.

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Related Topix: Austin, MN, Freeborn County, MN

ArgusLeader.com

Wreckage of missing Minnesota plane spotted

MAHNOMEN, Minn. - The wreckage of a small plane has been found in northwest Minnesota's Clearwater County after several days of ground and air searches for a missing pilot from Farmington.

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Related Topix: Flying, Life, Hobbies, Mahnomen, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN

Sweetness & Light

Obama Creates/Saves Cong. Districts

As we all know, the Obama administration has created an untold number of new websites.

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Related Topix: Minnesota Government

WQOW

Sprint Nextel settles Minn. lawsuit over contracts

Sprint Nextel has settled a lawsuit in which Minnesota's attorney general accused the company of extending cell phone contracts without customer permission.

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Related Topix: Minnesota Government, Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics

Tue Nov 17, 2009

MedicineNet

Health Highlights: Nov. 16, 2009

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay : The wholesale prices of brand-name prescription drugs in the United States increased by about 9% in the last year, a sharp contrast to the 1.3% decrease in the Consumer Price Index.

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Related Topix: 9, University of Minnesota, Food and Drug Administration, Health

Q13.com KCPQ TV

Feds indict 5 in scam that allegedly fooled state agencies into paying $3.3M to fake companies

A federal grand jury in West Virginia has linked five more people to an international scam that allegedly tricked government agencies in several states into paying at least $3.3 million to bogus companies with names that sounded like legitimate firms.

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HometownSource

Minnesota Department of Revenue reaches taxpayers with videos

" Taxpayers now have even more ways to find key tax information through web-based instructional videos from the Minnesota Department of Revenue.

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Related Topix: Minnesota Government, Tax

MinnPost.com

Minnesota falls short on Medicaid for nursing homes

Minnesota's long-term care facilities face a substantial gap between the rates paid by Medicaid for nursing home residents and the actual cost of providing care.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Medicaid, Health, Long Term Care, Medicine, Nursing, Medicare

Mon Nov 16, 2009

TwinCities.com

A mom comes up with a tribute to Minnesota's fallen and a benefit for their returning comrades

Veterans Day honors America's military members one day each year, but a soon-to-released calendar will recognize 13 fallen Minnesota servicemen year-round. A Minnesota mom came up with the idea.

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Related Topix: Minnesota Government, St. Paul, MN, Maple Grove, MN, Opinion

Politics

Pawlenty violated constitution, Minn. House will tell judge

Minnesota House will file a friend-of-the-court brief that says Gov. Tim Pawlenty violated constitutional separation of powers with his unilateral budget cuts.

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Related Topix: Minnesota Government, Tim Pawlenty, US Governors

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